I’ll be honest, when Volkswagen invited me to take part in a road trip involving its three performance-oriented Golf models, I felt that at this busy time of the year that I should perhaps give its a miss.

I remember the exact moment when I realised that there needed to be something said about the general lack of safety standards imposed upon manufacturers when it comes to the importation of vehicles that have performed poorly in crash tests.

It's the second month with our long term Suzuki Vitara which the Autodealer editorial team use on a weekly basis for activities that range from the daily commute to mild ‘bundu bashing’, mountain biking and everything in-between.

There's no denying the fact that South Africans love the BMW M brand. Taking into consideration that South Africa has a relatively small population and a high unemployment rate, it comes as a massive surprise that, as a market, we are the third largest on the planet in terms of BMW M and M Performance models.

Sighs of relief from current owners and fans were no doubt expressed when Opel announced some three months ago that it had partnered up with long time backer, Williams Hunt, to distribute its products from January 2018.

The main priority in a woman’s life is to get married and have children. We don’t like watching sport, but only watch it for the hot athletes. We don’t care much for cars and motoring - that’s what a man does.